Web Watch

http://www.strangematterexhibit.com

The Ontario Science Center in Toronto has put on Strange Matter, an exhibit that explores the cutting edge of materials research. The exhibit’s online equivalent includes animations, experiments to do at home, and interviews with materials scientists.

http://www.chemheritage.org

Founded in 1982, the Chemical Heritage Foundation preserves and publicizes the history of chemistry and chemical engineering. Among the offerings on the foundation’s resource-rich Web site are oral histories, archival photographs, and its latest exhibit, Spinning the Elements: Wallace Carothers and the Nylon Legacy.

http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/wie

The mission of the Women in Engineering office at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is to “catalyze an environment that supports and inspires women students in the college and to assess and enhance their educational experience, their recruitment to the college, and their retention within it.” The office’s Web site features advice and information for prospective students and interviews with UIUC engineering alumnae.

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